Durda Slavic 

Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. 

AHL Newsletter 2024;28(2):16.

On May 1, 2024, the AHL bacteriology section added two new tests for our swine clients. 

1. Bacterial culture, fecal, porcine, ‘cultsfe’, $32.25 per sample, includes culture of fecal samples for Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Clostridium perfringens.  Susceptibility testing is included for Salmonella spp. only.  The ‘bsetup’ charge of $25.00 will be added once to each case.  This test code can be used for enteric cases in pigs of any age group.

2. Porcine bacteriology enteric panel 1, ‘pentpa1’, $65.25 per sample, includes culture of fecal samples for E. coli, Salmonella spp., C. perfringens, and ETEC (enterotoxigenic E. coli) PCR for two E. coli isolates per sample.  Susceptibility testing will be done for confirmed ETEC and Salmonella spp. isolates only.  The ‘bsetup’ charge, $25.00 will be added once to each case.  This test is recommended for enteric cases in pigs up to and including 14 weeks of age.

Note:  The F4 (K88) and F5 (K99) slide agglutination test is being replaced by ETEC PCR because the production of F4/F5 antibodies has been discontinued.  For more information, please see AHL Newsletter article: https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/make-change-ecoli-genotyping [1]